The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Nantong Zhiyun are in the 3rd position while the guesting Jiangxi Liansheng worry at 6th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Nantong Zhiyun have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Nantong faced defeat in their previous match, away at Shaanxi Chang'an (0-1). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Nei Mongol Zhongyou in a game that was won 2-1.
Nantong have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Nantong are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Jiangxi Liansheng form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, Jiangxi Liansheng, who have the most conceded goals (9) away in League One, have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far. Jiangxi Liansheng are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Shenyang Urban fixture.
Liansheng delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Nei Mongol Zhongyou in their previous match; a League One game. A 1-2 defeat away at Suzhou Dongwu before that.
Liansheng have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 5 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Liansheng have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Shang 7 goals |  J. Xu 4 goals | M. Kovačević 4 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Jiangxi Liansheng missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Jiangxi Liansheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 27 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 86% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 57% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | 49 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 44 | 88 |
| 35 | 20 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 26 |
| 37% | 35% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 42% |
- Jiangxi Liansheng has the most conceded goals (9) away in League One
- Jiangxi Liansheng have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Jiangxi Liansheng haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Changchun Yatai | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Nantong Zhiyun | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 6 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)